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Service personnel joined veterans at the Armed Forces Memorial in Staffordshire to commemorate 50 years since the start of Operation Banner.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Op Banner was the longest continuous deployment of troops in UK Armed Forces history. Those eligible to attend the event can register before 30 July.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Scottish Secretary David Mundell marks 75th anniversary of D-Day
Prime Minister Theresa May will watch veterans retrace their journey to Normandy from the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
The resting places of Captain (Capt) Cecil Thomas Tuff, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) and Captain Eric Wilson Edwards, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), have been identified more than a hundred years aft…
Stephen Lillie gave a speech in the inauguration of "1940: Faces & Images", dedicated to Cypriot veterans who fought in the Second World War.
Two burial services have taken place on the Western Front honouring four unknown Irish soldiers who fell during the First World War
Veterans awarded France’s highest honour one hundred days before 75th anniversary of Normandy Landings
D-Day veterans will be at the heart of the official commemorations taking place in June 2019
Gavin Williamson writes open letter to veterans of the Normandy Landings
Marking the centenary of the First World War, the Foreign Secretary will support the charity, There But Not There, to honour over 3 million soldiers.
The Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland was lit up red as part of the ‘Light up Red’ campaign in support of Poppyscotland
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